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Using keyboard shortcuts
Figure 47: The Apply Style list on the Formatting toolbar
Some keyboard shortcuts for applying styles are predefined. For example, in Writer Control+0
applies the Text body style, Control+1 applies the Heading 1 style, and Control+2 applies the
Heading 2 style. You can modify these shortcuts and create your own; see Chapter 14,
Customizing LibreOffice, for instructions.
Modifying styles
LibreOffice provides several ways to modify styles (both the predefined styles and custom styles
that you create):
• Changing a style using the Style dialog
• Updating a style from a selection
• Use AutoUpdate (paragraph and frame styles only)
• Load or copy styles from another document or template
Tip
Any changes you make to a style are effective only in the current document. To
change styles in more than one document, you need to change the template or copy
the styles into the other documents as described on page 57.
Changing a style using the Style dialog
To change an existing style using the Style dialog, right-click on the required style in the Styles and
Formatting window and select Modify from the pop-up menu.
The Style dialog displayed depends on the type of style selected. Each style dialog has several
tabs. See the chapters on styles in the user guides for details.
Updating a style from a selection
To update a style from a selection:
1) Open the Styles and Formatting window.
2) In the document, select an item that has the format you want to adopt as a style.
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